diff --git a/highspec/startup.sh b/highspec/startup.sh
index 72f97bd7d2b1df2c7d3023ff88d8981505ba8921..2cfa4055d1f2c367fd170952e56894a7ab09a50c 100644
--- a/highspec/startup.sh
+++ b/highspec/startup.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 # update yum
 yum update -y
 
-# install dependencies
-wget $PBZIP_BASE_URL/$PBZIP_PACKAGE
-yum install $PBZIP_PACKAGE -y
-rm $PBZIP_PACKAGE
-
 # get the SSD device name
 device=$(lsblk | grep nvme0n1 | cut -d' ' -f1)